Jake and the Fatman

  • : 1987
  • : 106
  • : 9
  • CBS
  • Crime Drama

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4x1
God Bless the Child
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12, 1990
A pair of spoiled children murder their wealthy father—who is one of McCabe's poker buddies—and frame a businessman for the crime.
4x2
The Tender Trap
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19, 1990
Derek suspects his uncle's fiancee is a black widow, and she may have already spun her web.
4x3
Exactly Like You
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26, 1990
A man confesses to murdering the banker who turned him down for a loan, but McCabe doesn't think the confession adds up.
4x4
'Round Midnight
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03, 1990
In order to catch an elusive jewel thief, Jake poses as the burglar-alarm expert the thief requires for a job that's yet to be disclosed.
4x5
Only You
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24, 1990
Jake's growing attraction to a friend could prove fatal when she interferes in his investigation of an industrial-espionage ring.
4x6
My Boy Bill
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31, 1990
Sailors turned jewelry thieves abduct the son of the prosecuting attorney, and it's up to Jake to rescue him.
4x7
More Than You Know
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07, 1990
After a journalist is dumped by her lover, she murders his wife and makes it look like the work of a serial killer.
4x8
Night and Day
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14, 1990
A hard-boiled PI is determined to make a case against the smuggler who shot her husband, whether Jake helps her or not.
4x9
Goodbye (1)
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28, 1990
Jake follows a trail of dirty cops and dead drug dealers to the Mainland where he encounters old friends and new foes, so McCabe follows him to help out.
4x10
Goodbye (2)
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28, 1990
Jake is in LA and has to clear himself of murder charges.
4x11
I Know That You Know
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12, 1990
McCabe helps convict a burglar for the murder of an art collector, but further investigation of the case reveals that it also involves fraud and adultery.
4x12
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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02, 1991
Jake tries to get a reluctant witness to testify against a mob boss in court before McCabe's deadline passes.
4x13
I May Be Wrong
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09, 1991
A cop and a pro-apartheid leader, each from South Africa, blame each other for the murder of a government official, also from South Africa – and Jake must found out who's the real killer.
4x14
Daddy's Home
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06, 1991
Jake's father returns after deserting years ago, and he brings emotional upheaval and a threat from thugs with him.
4x15
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
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13, 1991
A mousy bookkeeper who's been poisoned spends his last days helping Jake find the rat who did it.
4x16
Pretty Baby
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27, 1991
Jake, McCabe and Derek take turns looking after a baby while they search for the infant's mother who witnessed a murder.
4x17
I Cover the Waterfront
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06, 1991
Derek goes down to the docks to investigate the death of his longshoreman friend, certain that the man has been murdered.
4x18
You Don't Know Me
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13, 1991
An old friend of McCabe's is suspected of murdering the man who took away his business and had an affair with his wife, but he's got the Fatman as an airtight alibi.
4x19
It Never Entered My Mind
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20, 1991
A doctor is accused of murdering a hospital administrator, so he starts his own investigation with the help of his med students. Note: This episode introduces Dr. Mark Sloan (plated by .. show full overview
4x20
Second Time Around
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03, 1991
A woman's elaborate scheme to fake the death of her blackmailed partner has one fatal flaw: McCabe seeing the man alive.
4x21
I'd Do Anything
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10, 1991
A psychiatrist manipulates her teenage lover into murdering her husband, then tries to use his fragile state of mind to get them both off the hook.
4x22
We'll Meet Again
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24, 1991
A clown comes after McCabe with a sawed-off shotgun, leading the Fatman to remember all the suspects he convicted.
4x23
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
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01, 1991
McCabe tries to clear his pastor of murdering his mistress.
4x24
Nevertheless
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08, 1991
A man murders his wealthy wife and makes it look like a mugging, so McCabe has his star witness help crack the case.

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